I saw my first poisoned lion carcass in the African wilderness when I was 12 years old. The lion had eaten from a donkey baited with pesticide by a local farmer in retaliation for cattle lost to predation. Dozens of dead vultures formed rings around the remains of the livestock animal, like ripples from a pebble tossed in a pond. The effects of a poisoning surge through the local ecosystem, killing all manner of scavengers.Read full article >>